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A domestic dispute in Minidoka, Idaho, on the night of April 28, 2018, ended in gunfire and the death of Rafael Gil Vargas, 43. Deputies found Rafael and 19-year-old Nallely Vargas Juarez at the scene around 10 p.m.; Rafael was critically wounded and airlifted to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, where he later died. Nallely was also shot, taken to a local hospital, treated, and released.

Investigators say the shooting was connected to a former intimate relationship. Rupert resident Denis Orlando Lopez-Serrano, 22, was arrested and accused of approaching the vehicle occupied by his ex-girlfriend and her father, threatening them with a firearm, breaking a car window, then opening fire. He was booked on first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and two kidnapping counts and held without bond as the case moved to district court.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember that night or who can add details about the events leading up to the shooting?